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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in e-learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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